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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 1: from Massachusetts to Virginia. (search)
life, and the summons came. Ou the morning of the eighth of July, 1861, the tents were struck, the camp deserted. So like a dream had the first and last military occupants of Brook Farm come and gone, that it seemed like the vision pictured by Scott of the clans of Rhoderick Dhu:--The wind's last breath had tossed in air Pennon and plaid and plumage fair; The next but swept a lone hill-side Where heath and fern were waving wide; The sun's last gleam had glinted back From spear and glaive, fre eleventh of July, the regiment forded for the first time the Potomac, at Williamsport in Maryland, and entered upon the sacred soil of Virginia. Its destination was Martinsburg, the headquarters of General Patterson, to whom, as ordered by General Scott, I was to report. Never again was the Second to make that march in such style. The officers were in full uniform, adorned with epaulettes and sashes. The ranks were full, a thousand men, marching in close order, moving with the military
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
letter to the Governor, of the thirteenth of December, I alluded to the actual necessity of commissioning efficient men, insisted that there was no time now to establish a school of instruction, and again presented the names of P. R. Mason and H. B. Scott, to whioh I added John A. Fox to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of T. R. Robeson. My gentle hint that those two young gentlemen whom the Governor proposed to send me in the places of my nominees might be severely tested by an ex in our regiment,--resignations, almost without exception, to take a higher rank elsewhere. We had lost Curtis and Higginson and others, and we had received as second lieutenants, to fill vacancies, Shelton and Fox, and Crowninshield, Oakey, and Scott. I repeat, the controversy closed for us most happily; for it gave the regiment, as one of Governor Andrew's appointees whom I did not nominate, Daniel Oakey; and it gave us, as commissioned officers whom I did nominate, the young gentlemen whos
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 4: the Valley of the Shenandoah (continued)—Return to Strasburg. (search)
ering. Every one came over safely, but a few guns were lost. The current was so strong that it took the legs out from under several of the men, and gave them a good washing, an operation that long abstinence rendered sadly necessary. Lieutenant H. B. Scott, Second Massachusetts Regiment, A. D. C. Having forded the Shenandoah safely, we marched through New Market, and went into camp just beyond the town. The resistance we had met was weak,--weaker than we expected,--and was a disappointbe transferred to a more active field. A reply to this letter, received after Jackson had driven our regiment out of the valley, declared that the exigencies of the service required thewriters to remain at Strasburg (within the valley). Major Scott, of Colonel Murphy's Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, suppressed his perturbed spirits and spent much of his pay in presents as testimonials to officers who met his approbation. Not content with having given superb swords to Generals Banks
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 5: return to Strasburg (continued)—Banks's flight to Winchester—Battle of Winchester. (search)
tenant Cushing. While this force was moving out, the wagons in advance of my brigade got into a condition of inextricable confusion, from which I saw Banks for a moment attempting personally to disengage them, with the assistance of my aid, Lieutenant Scott of the Second, whom he requested to keep the wagons moving until they got out of the snarl. These orders given, Banks turned away, and rode forward to the head of the column. There was thus a new rear-guard constituted,--the Second Massabetween eleven and twelve o'clock at night. The road was then clear. I had hardly selected a bivouac for the regiments of my brigade, when a messenger from the rear announced that Colonel Andrews was in want of ambulances. Sending my aid, Lieutenant Scott, in search of them, I seated myself by a few embers by the roadside, and waited impatiently for Colonel Andrews' arrival. Frequent reports from that officer had advised me since his skirmish at Bartonsville of his good progress; but that pr
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 7: the Army of Virginia under General Pope—Battle of Cedar Mountain. (search)
, brigade and regimental; and when the latter, Colonel Andrews (who had received full promotion to the command of the Second Regiment) practised his men in aiming, to enable them to do better than at Winchester, where not one of the enemy could show himself with impunity at a thousand yards. My military family consisted of officers taken from the Second Massachusetts Regiment; this was due to the kindness of the Secretary of War, who promoted, at my request, to the rank of captains, Lieutenant H. B. Scott, as assistant adjutant-general, Lieutenant Wheaton, as commissary of subsistence, and Lieutenant M. M. Hawes, as quartermaster. Lieutenant Robert G. Shaw, who subsequently, as colonel of the First Massachusetts Colored Regiment, was killed at Fort Wagner, served as an aid on my staff. Although General Pope was at Washington, in the District of Columbia, we began to receive at Little Washington, through the newspapers, furious orders, intended to inflame his army with zeal,--No li
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 9: battle of Cedar Mountain (continued). (search)
stood there for some time, of all my brigade, alone, for the regiments on the right had fallen back. Of course, when it too would be compelled to retire was only a question of moments; but the moment had not yet come, and it was not anticipated. The Twenty-seventh Indiana, which had retreated through the woods, was rallied, re-formed, In rallying and re-forming the regiment at this point, and indeed during the whole action, I was aided by yourself and your staff, and particularly by Captain Scott, your assistant adjutant-general, whose energy and bravery it is impossible to commend too highly. Colonel Colgrove's Official Report of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, to General George H. Gordon. and moved to the right of the Second Massachusetts, where again it opened fire upon the enemy. By this time, Pender with his brigade, who until now had kept carefully out of sight, had gained our rear. In the confusion, the roar and smoke, this force was not seen until after it had reached ou
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Index (search)
ded and captured in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 311, 312 (note). Dies at Charlottesville, 332. Schenck, General, Federal officer, fights Stonewall Jackson, with Milroy, 178-180. Schouler, William, adjutant-general of Massachusetts, 22. Scott, Lieutenant, aid to General Gordon, 206, 222, 224. Promoted to be captain, 273. Gallantly in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 310 (note). Scott, Majors of the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania, a gift-maker, 173. Second Mass. Regiment, the, origin oScott, Majors of the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania, a gift-maker, 173. Second Mass. Regiment, the, origin of, 2, 3. Names of first applicants to join, 4-6. Names of eminent citizens who assisted in forming, 6. Prompt and liberal subscription of money for, 7. The first regiment of Volunteers offered to the General Government to serve during the war, 9. High character of its officers testified to, 17, 18,--with some account of one exception thereto, 19-22. Good discipline of, while at Brook Farm, 22,--and elsewhere, 24. 50, 90, 91. Leaves Massachusetts for Virginia, 23. Its fine order and appe